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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Heaven |
 | | Furthermore heaven is spoken of as the dwelling of God; for, although God is omnipresent, He manifests Himself in a special manner in the light and grandeur of the firmament. |
 | | Heaven also is the abode of the angels; for they are constantly with God and see His face. |
 | | The existence of heaven is, of course, denied by atheists, materialists, and pantheists of all centuries as well as by those rationalists who teach that the soul perishes with the body -- in short, by all who deny the existence of God or the immortality of the soul. |
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